Vitamin may combat pain in multiple sclerosis

Tests revealed that mice with an MS-like disease experienced less weakness and paralysis if they received regular injections of nicotinamide, a form of vitamin B3.

Lead researcher Shinjiro Kaneko at Children's Hospital Boston, in Massachusetts, believes the chemical protects against progressive nerve damage, which can cause fatigue, pain and behavioural changes. He hopes the study, which appears in the Journal of Neuroscience, will initiate a clinical trial.